News - April Newsletter

April Newsletter

The children are now benefiting from the warmer weather with more activities outdoors, particularly using our extensive grounds for science, PE and art activities. We have lots of sporting activities this half term, and several competitions to participate in.

Thank you to everyone who supported the Easter Bingo, it was a very successful and enjoyable evening.

Mr Eaton

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT!
On behalf of all the staff involved with the Joseph production, we would like to congratulate all the children involved in the fantastic performances. The children have utterly excelled, with superb acting, singing and dancing, particularly with all the songs and dances they learned.

Thank you to all of the adults and staff who have supported the children. Their dedication and commitment is mirrored in the efforts of the children, who have thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful experience.

EASTER PASSION
Thank you to Year 5 for leading the Passion this year. It was a very powerful and moving performance, and we appreciate the time and work which the class put in.

BIATHLON
Congratulations to Rafael Eaton for competing at the British Schools’ Biathlon Championships, representing Sacred Heart at the event at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace.
Rafael achieved his personal best in both the run and swim, also winning his 800m heat, resulting in him finishing 3rd overall at the Championships. Congratulations for a wonderful personal achievement.

QUIZZES
Congratulations to both our Quiz teams for finishing third at both the Fleetwood Science Quiz and the Top of the Wyre Quiz. Well done to: Lawrence (both quizzes), Harry, Rafael, Emily, Leonie, Kaitlyn, Aidan and Daniel.

COMING SOON….
11/04/16 Return to school
15/04/16 Year 5 Assembly 9.05am
21/04/16 Girls football here v Carleton Green
22/04/16 Year 4 Assembly 9.05am
27/04/16 Netball competition at Fleetwood High
28/04/16 Basketball competition at Cardinal Allen
29/04/16 Orienteering at Stanah Park
29/04/16 Year 3 Assembly 9.05am
02/05/16 School closed for May Day
04/05/16 Gymnastics competition Y3/4 at Preston
05/05/16 Wyre Netball Finals at Blackpool Sports Centre
09/05/16 SATs week
19/05/16 Hockey competition Y4/5 at Hodgson
26/05/16 Girls’ football competition at Fuse Football
27/05/16 School closed for staff training
13/06/16 School reopens after half term
17/06/16 Sports Day at Fuse Football!

SPORTING COMPETITIONS
We are competing in several upcoming tournaments, including Basketball at Cardinal Allen, , Orienteering at Stanah country park, Y3/4 Gymnastics, several football matches, girls’ football matches, a Hockey competition, the Wyre netball tournament and the Wyre Netball finals at Blackpool sports centre.

MOTHER’S DAY EVENT
Thank you to everyone for supporting the Mother’s Day event and sending in presents and money, and to the Catholic Women’s League for wrapping the gifts.

CROSS COUNTRY
Congratulations to Emily, Grace, Ruby, Rafael, Loyd and Daniel for producing our best performance as a team at the Stanah Cross Country.  A special mention to Loyd (9th) and Rafael (2nd) for being the first children from our school to finish in the top 10 (out of 60+ children every year).  A fantastic achievement!

FOOTBALL
Congratulations to our football teams, with our A team beating Chaucer 4-3 in a remarkable game, coming back from 3-1 with 5 minutes to go!   Congratulations to our girls team, who won two matches against Ansdell.

HOCKEY AT ROSSALL
Our Y3/4 Hockey teams played several matches at Rossall before Easter, and had a very successful afternoon, winning 3 of their 4 matches and really enjoying playing the sport.

NETBALL
Congratulations to our school netball team for winning the Thornton Cleveleys netball rally for the fourth successive year, and for winning all six games against each of the schools. They have now qualified for the Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde finals in May. Thank you to Miss Green and Mrs Boulton for their commitment to the sport.

Y3/4 ATHLETICS
Thank you to Mrs Rae and Mrs Hogarth for preparing our children for the Y3/4 Athletics event at Cardinal Allen. The children produced some fantastic performances, with several children winning their events overall.

As a team, the children came second overall, which is a great result, and bodes well for future participation in athletics and other sporting events.

REMINDERS
Articles of jewellery are not allowed in school, they could cause injury to the wearer or another person. Earrings have been a constant source of argument and injury in the past. The Local Authority bans them for P.E. and swimming. The Governors of this school have ruled that no jewellery, other than a wrist watch, can be worn in school. Shoes must be worn as standard uniform. Please ensure all nail varnish is removed before attending school.

LOST PROPERTY
Please can all property and clothing belonging to your children have their names written or sewn in.

REMINDERS
Articles of jewellery are not allowed in school, they could cause injury to the wearer or another person. Earrings have been a constant source of argument and injury in the past. The Local Authority bans them for P.E. and swimming. The Governors of this school have ruled that no jewellery, other than a wrist watch, can be worn in school. Shoes must be worn as standard uniform. Please ensure all nail varnish is removed before attending school.

LOST PROPERTY
Please can all property and clothing belonging to your children have their names written or sewn in.

BLACKPOOL MUSIC FESTIVAL
Thank you to Mrs Rae for all her hard work, with support from Mrs Boulton and several parents, for the extremely successful performance at the Opera House. We have lots of wonderful feedback regarding how well the children performed, and the audience clearly loved their performance. Congratulations!

ADMISSIONS FOR FUTURE YEARS
If you would like to add your child to the admissions list, please see me or Mrs Fairclough. If you have a sibling of a child currently at Sacred Heart, it is still worth registering with us. We also hold registers of interest for 2017 and 2018.

FRIENDS OF SACRED HEART
We have our next meeting of the school year on Tuesday 3rd May 2016 at 3.30pm, and all parents and grandparents are welcome to attend, and share new (and old) ideas for our school social and fundraising events.

MUSIC
If there is any child who would like to learn to play the violin, guitar, keyboard, clarinet, flute or brass, please speak to Mr Eaton or Mrs Fairclough, and we can arrange this for you.

SCHOOL MEALS
We are continuing to retain our school meal price at £1.65 per meal, which we will continue to keep for the foreseeable future, still the lowest of all the local schools.

SCHOOL CLUBS
Thank you to all the staff who have given up their time to start clubs for the children already this term.

Dance for infants (Mrs Rae) (Thu 4pm)
Change4life: Y3/4 Fri 3.30pm—4.30pm
Gymnastics Y3/4 (Tue 3.30-4.30pm)
Fitness Bootcamp (Wed 3.30pm-4.30pm Y6)
Wake up Shake Up (Mon/Wed/ Fri before school)
Homework Club Thursday 3.30-4.30pm
Football Mon 3.30-4.30pm Y3-6
Cross Country Thu 8.20am,
Cookery Y3/4 Wed 3.30-4.45pm
KS2 Dance Y3-6 Monday 3.30 to 4.30pm
Tag Rugby: KS2 Thu lunch and Fri 3.30pm
Girls Football: Fri lunch
Playground games– Infants Tue 3.30pm to 4.30pm

SCHOOL CAR PARK: Parents are not to use the school car park when collecting children from clubs at 4.30pm.

TAG RUGBY
Congratulations to our Tag Rugby teams who won the Challenge Cup at the Wyre competition– well done for your amazing try-scoring exploits! The A team won 7 and only lost one game during the afternoon!